t-shirts

I will be ordering our March for Babies shirts soon. We are working on the final product now. If you are interested in a shirt, PLEASE let me know asap! They will be $10 each. They will be similar to years past with the boys footprints on the front and a picture when they were first born on the back as well as a current pic. I will post a sample as soon as we have it ready! They shirts are $10 each!

24 weeks

I had my follow up appointment at Maternal Fetal Medicine today. Baby Bean looks GREAT! They cleared me to start going to my Ob office for growth checks every 4 weeks from here on out! I got some REALLY good pictures of our little cutie too! Here are a few!

Oh my...I can barely stand it!

Jaxon's Baptism

Children are truly gifts to us. Whether we carry them for 9 months (or less in many cases) or adopt them into our families, they are a gift. A gift from God, lent to us while on earth. We pray and pray for them from they time we decide to "have" them. We pray for so many things. One of the things Chris and I have prayed for our boys, is their salvation.

During our Bible lesson a few Monday's ago, Jaxon accepted Christ. He seemed so grown. I had to fight back tears. I was just amazed at how "big" he seemed. He just glows at the mention of it and was SO excited and ready to be baptized. Last night was his big night. He was nervous for the bigger part of the day (which I have to admit was absolutely adorable) but he did a great job! He requested a cupcake celebration after church. He wanted chocolate icing on his cupcakes with a white cross on each one. Many of our family and friends came to celebrate his big day. It was great and we are extremely proud of him.

Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from Him Psalm 127:3

He cracks his knuckles when he's nervous!

Pastor Dean used him to demonstrate!

It's blurry but he's "born again!" (look at Daddy-O

in the background :))

"a perfect day"

Those are the kind of words I like to hear from my Dr.'s. If you know my history, unfortunately, I don't hear them often (which is fine b/c I am a stronger person b/c of that) BUT...I heard those words today! I had to have an ultrasound to check my cervical length (nope, no fun baby pics, just a peak at his ear b/c that's what was "down there") Dr. T said given my history, he would be happy with my cervix being at least at 2 (I'm thinking cm? not sure...medical people correct me please). Mine was 4.9...with pressure! That is AWESOME! He said all looked good and that today was a "perfect day" for me! I go back in 2 weeks to have it checked again!
To make my day even better, my nurse called from my rheumatologist when I got home and told me my CK levels were back and they were down to 161...woopdie doo! That is SO normal, I don't even know what to think!
Just wanted to share my good news...on this BRIGHT and SUNNY day! God is GOOD!

Today has been a busy day of birthdays! We started our day roller skating at Skate South celebrating Siler's birthday! The boys had a blast (yes that includes Dadddy-O)! Later, Camron and Caden went to Ci-Ci's pizza to celebrate Ella's birthday. From there they met me at the Barber abode to have a "sleeping" party for Jones. The picture proves what a great time they had having a sack race in their pillow cases! Luckily, these aren't the pillow cases that were wet from the paint! They each got to personalize their own pillow case as a take home craft! What a busy day and we are all so tired but OH so blessed to have so many wonderful friends to celebrate!

Daddy-O on skates!

taking a little break!

Jaxon is getting pretty good at this!

Ready, Set, HOP!

Field Trip

We took a field trip with some of our homeschool friends to the Natural Science Center last Friday. It was SO much fun! We didn't get to go outside to visit the animals due to the c-c-cold weather but we WILL be back soon to do it again! Here is a picture of our crazy crew!

Girls Over-Night Out!

Last weekend I was SO blessed to be able to have a girls night out with Brooke, Kelly, and Tonya (from Durham) in Burlington! We meet there quite often for dinner but this time we not only met for dinner but also shopping and an over night stay in a nice hotel! We had a GREAT time! Oddly enough, of all the shopping I did, I didn't buy one thing for myself. ( Oh wait, I take that back, I did buy 1 thing...but it was for maternity photos...so not sure that counts! ) We had dinner at the Olive Garden, did lots of shopping, then stayed up talking and laughing until way too late (for us Mommy's that is!).

Roller Skating Party

So I am a little late in posting this! The boys had a Valentine's Skate Party with our homeschool group from church. This was all three of my boys first time on skates. They LOVED it and really impressed me with how well they did! Jaxon's buddy Siler is a mini-pro! You might be able to see him zooming past in some of the pictures!

We have a birthday party tomorrow at the skating rink and the boy are SO excited! Oh, and for all of you wondering...this momma is NOT getting in skates prego...no worries there!

Camron and Caden posing while skating...can we say skills!

Jaxon is getting good!

How stinkin' cute are these 5???

Our homeschool group! What a good lookin' bunch!